Cosan S.A. Sponsored ADR
Cosan S.A. Sponsored ADR is a Brazilian diversified holding company with interests in energy, fuels, logistics, and agribusiness. Through its operating businesses, it participates in sugarcane-based products, fuel distribution, lubricant marketing, natural gas distribution, rail logistics, and land and real estate activities. The company also holds stakes in businesses that connect industrial, transportation, and energy supply chains, giving it a broad role across essential infrastructure and commodity-related markets. Cosan S.A. Sponsored ADR provides investors exposure to a group with operations that serve consumer, industrial, and transportation demand in Brazil and selected international markets. The asset represents depositary shares tied to Cosan S.A.’s common shares, offering access to the company’s Brazilian business platform through an ADR structure.
$3.01
+$0.00 (+0.00%)
Price from 21 days ago
26.50% operating margin is above average. ROIC at 7.91%. Note that capital returns lag the margin, the business may be capital-intensive despite high margins.
Revenue declined 8.0% YoY. The question is whether this is cyclical or a structural shift.
Free cash flow declined 13% versus the prior year, cash generation momentum has weakened. Net debt of BRL 40.47B represents 8.9x FCF, leverage limits flexibility.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
BRL 40.08B
▼ -8.0% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
-BRL 8.85B
▼ -24.9% YoY
Op. Margin
26.75%
▲ +3.8pp YoY
ROIC
7.91%
▲ +0.9pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
BRL 4.64B
▼ -13.0% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
BRL 13.29B
▲ +105.3% YoY
Net Debt
BRL 40.47B
Cash & Equiv.
BRL 30.17B
3Y CAGR: +0.9%
3Y CAGR: -5.7%
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Is Cosan S.A. Sponsored ADR (CSAN) overvalued?
Cosan S.A. Sponsored ADR (CSAN) trades below a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about BRL 197.00 per share, so at BRL 3.01 the stock looks undervalued (6,445.0% below estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Cosan S.A. Sponsored ADR scores 40/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a mixed business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from company filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
What is Cosan S.A. Sponsored ADR's fair value?+
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about BRL 197.00 per share for CSAN, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around BRL 147.75. At today's BRL 3.01, that puts the stock about 6,445.0% below estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Is Cosan S.A. Sponsored ADR a high-quality business?+
Cosan S.A. Sponsored ADR scores 40 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 7 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a mixed business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 26.8% operating margin and a 7.9% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from company filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Is Cosan S.A. Sponsored ADR a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. CSAN currently trades below its estimated intrinsic value and scores 40/100 on quality (mixed). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from company filings, not investment advice.
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Data sourced from company filings and third-party price providers. Scores, valuations, and metrics are algorithmic estimates. This is not investment advice. See our Terms and Methodology.
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